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l UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY WV. REDDAN, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COMPOSITION FOR LUBRICATING AXLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,711, dated May 1, 1883. Application filed March 5,1883. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern Be it knowuthat I, HENRY WATSON RED- DAN,a citizen of the United States, residing at San Francisco,iu' the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter for Lubricating Axles, of which the following is a specification.

longer upon the axle, and will not wearaway so readily as other lubricants, andis not easily melted off the axle by heat, which is so iiicident to friction of the boxings.

I am aware that some of these ingredients have been used for lubricating purposes, but am not aware that all of the ingredients of my composition, in the proportions stated, have been used together.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The herein-described composition of matter.

to be used for lubricating purposes, consisting of tailow, rape-seed oil, and rosin, in the pro- 35 portions specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal.

HENRY WATSON REDDAN. [n W itn esses:

O. W. M. SMITH, (Inns. E. KELLY. 

